SURFING THE TUBE.

Byline: TOM HOFFARTH

MONDAY

Some have decided the Kings' three-game road trip this week could be make-or-break time. Hey, it's early December, OK? Kings at Montreal, Fox Sports West, 4 p.m. (Also: KCAL-Channel 9 has delayed Kings at Toronto broadcast, Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. FSW has Thursday's Kings-Ottawa game at 4:30 p.m. and the next home game Saturday vs. Detroit at 7:30 p.m.)

TUESDAY

UConn's Richard Hamilton hit a buzzer-beater to squash Washington 75-74 in last year's NCAA Tournament regional hoop semifinals. Today, they meet again - and each team has all five starters returning. Great Eight Classic: UConn vs. Washington, ESPN, 4:30 p.m.; Kansas vs. Kentucky, ESPN, 6:30 p.m. (Also: ESPN has the tournament's other two games Wednesday - Rhode Island vs. Utah at 4:30 p.m. and Duke vs. Michigan State at 6:30 p.m.)

WEDNESDAY

Gotta hear what Bill Walton has to say about those new UCLA black road tanktops. Delaware State at UCLA, Fox Sports West, 7:30 p.m.

THURSDAY

How are the Rams and Eagles supposed to put in their game plans for this one on such a short notice? Ah, that's the beauty. Neither have a game plan that works anyway. Maybe ESPN should have some taped Division XI Pee-Wee Paintball playoff game on standby. St. Louis at Philadelphia, ESPN, 5 p.m.

FRIDAY

And the winner of the Gordon Johncock Outstanding Ducktape Repair Job of a Leaky Crankshaft during an Emergency Pit Stop Not During a Yellow Flag goes to . . . NASCAR Awards Banquet, ESPN, 6 p.m.

SATURDAY

College football's final shopping day of the pre-bowl season finds No. 1 Tennessee, No. 2 UCLA and No. 3 Kansas State each with one final hurdle left for an unblemished record and Fiesta Bowl bid. One of them loses, the other two breathe easier. UCLA at Miami, ESPN, 11 a.m.; Army vs. Navy, Channel 2, 9 a.m.; WAC championship game: Air Force vs. BYU, Channel 7, 10 a.m.; Big 12 championship game: Kansas State vs. Texas A&M, Channel 7, 1:30 p.m.; SEC championship game: Tennessee vs. Mississippi State, Channel 7, 5 p.m.

SUNDAY

Turn your test papers over and submit your final quartile rankings. Bruins fans might want to watch this with a bag of Tostitos and some extra-potent hot sauce nearby. Bowl Championship Series selection show, Channel 7, 12:30 p.m. (Also: Bowl Selection Special, ESPN2, 3 p.m.)